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Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By : John Horton
Book Image

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

VirtueMart is a premier eCommerce solution powered by Joomla!In Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook you will learn how to create a full-functioning and attractive eCommerce solution with VirtueMart. You will be shown how to install and configure VirtueMart, how to set-up and run your store day-to-day as well as configure and customize the look and feel of your store. With this book by your side, you will be able to overcome as problems setting up, administrating and customizing your eCommerce store! This book finishes with blueprint projects meaning that getting started with VirtueMart is even easier for the novice and aspiring site builder or developer. If you have always wanted to create a professional-looking store, but are worried about the complexity and difficulty involved, then this book is for you! With numerous recipes, practical tips and solutions Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook will take you through every step required to achieve eCommerce success.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Shipping an order


I remember my first e-commerce order many years ago. It was an extremely liberating moment. When I realised that maybe, just maybe I could make a living at this thing. Then it dawned on me that I had no idea what to do next and liberation was replaced with dread.

Getting ready

Get your shop ready to sell with great product descriptions and a fantastic template. Now go ahead and wait for somebody to buy something. If nobody buys anything see the following tip.

Tip

If there is no customer yet then Chapter 6, Killer SEO could help. If not, phone a friend ask them to buy something and refund it in the next recipe.

How to do it...

So you have got somebody to place an order, either a friend or a real customer. When you receive an order VirtueMart will send you an e-mail as shown in the following screenshot:

  1. From your VirtueMart control panel select Orders and Shoppers | Orders. You will see the new order in your control panel as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. Before you do anything...